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Monognathus Bertin 1936 mónos (Gr. μόνος), alone or lonely, i.e., one; gnáthos (Gr. γνάθος), jaw, referring to the absence of an upper jaw

Monognathus ahlstromi Raju 1974 in honor of ichthyologist Elbert H. Ahlstrom (1910–1979), Southwest Fisheries Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, who critically reviewed Raju’s manuscript

Monognathus berteli Nielsen & Hartel 1996 in honor of the late Erik (“Bertel”) Bertelsen (1912–1993), Danish fisheries biologist and ichthyologist, for his contribution to our knowledge of the Monognathidae and many other groups of deep-sea fishes

Monognathus bertini Bertelsen & Nielsen 1987 in honor of French ichthyologist Léon Bertin (1896–1954), Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Paris), for his “pioneer contributions” to the systematics of the family

Monognathus boehlkei Bertelsen & Nielsen 1987 in honor of the late James E. Böhlke (1930–1982), Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, for his valuable contribution to the study of apodal fishes

Monognathus bruuni Bertin 1936 in honor of Danish oceanographer and ichthyologist Anton Frederick Bruun (1901–1961), who took part in the Dana fishery research cruises, during which holotype was collected

Monognathus herringi Bertelsen & Nielsen 1987 in honor of Peter J. Herring, Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Wormley, England), who collected and preserved Monognathus material aboard Discovery cruises in the North Atlantic

Monognathus isaacsi Raju 1974 in honor of oceanographer John D. Isaacs (1913–1980), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, “for his encouragement and for the award of a postdoctoral fellowship from his research funds during the tenure of this work”

Monognathus jesperseni Bertin 1936 in honor of Danish oceanographer Poul Christian Jespersen (1891–1951), who took part in the Dana fishery research cruises, during which holotype was collected

Monognathus jesse Raju 1974 in honor of Raju’s wife, Jesse [a noun in apposition, without the matronymic “ae”]

Monognathus nigeli Bertelsen & Nielsen 1987 in honor of British ichthyologist Nigel R. Merrett (b. 1940), Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Wormley, England), who provided several specimens of Monognathus and was “very helpful” during the authors’ revision of the family

Monognathus ozawai Bertelsen & Nielsen 1987 in honor of Japanese ichthyologist Takakazu Ozawa (Faculty of Fisheries, Kagoshima University), who “kindly” let the authors describe the only Japanese specimen of this “rare” genus

Monognathus rajui Bertelsen & Nielsen 1987 in honor of ichthyologist Solomon N. Raju, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, for his contributions to the systematics of this “rare family” of fishes

Monognathus rosenblatti Bertelsen & Nielsen 1987 in honor of American ichthyologist Richard H. Rosenblatt (1930–2014), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, who “kindly” put monognathid material from Scripps at the authors’ disposal

Monognathus smithi Bertelsen & Nielsen 1987 in honor of open-ocean ecologist Kenneth L. Smith, Jr., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, chief scientist during the cruise from which holotype was caught in the central North Pacific

Monognathus taningi Bertin 1936 in honor of Danish ichthyologist Åge Vedel Tåning (1890–1958), who took part in the Dana fishery research cruises, during which holotype was collected